Schedule

Below you can download the current schedule (v10). As we are approaching the start of the ESS Athens 2026 Summer School, we do not expect the schedule to change significantly anymore, but there may be nevertheless some small adjustments in timings or content. Updates will be published here roughly every two weeks in case there are changes. So do check back occasionally.

Also, there will always be annoucements in the morning at the Summer School itself about changes if needed, and there will be a current schedule on display at the venue.

Below you also find a list of all the pieces taught at Athens 2026 as well as all the other workshop activities. We are very excited about this anniversary programme! We believe it offers a great variety to discover numerous style, schools and shakuhachi practices, and also we have programmed some pieces of the same title/base presented by different schools to provide an opportunity to explore the array of differences in e.g. interpretation and ornamentation by lineage and their transmission.

Published on 19 June 2026

List of all Summer School Pieces & Activities

Scores and reference recordings are available now. All registered participants received an email with explanations of how to access the materials. If you haven’t received this email please get in touch with the ESS.

Akita Sugagaki (Kinko-ryū Chikumeisha honkyoku)
Taki-otoshi (Kinko-ryū Chikumeisha honkyoku)

Yūgure no Kyoku (Kinko-ryū Chikumeisha honkyoku)
Hifumi Hachigaeshi (Kinko-ryū Chikumeisha honkyoku)

Shika no Tōne (Kinko-ryū Chikumeisha honkyoku)
Shin Kyorei (Kinko-ryū Chikumeisha honkyoku)

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Kurokami (with shamisen/sōkyoku)

Hototogisu (with koto) (Yamada-ryū sōkyoku)

Yuki (with shamisen/sōkyoku)
Haru no Yo by Miyagi Michio (with koto)

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Shirabe • Sagariha (Nezasaha)
Mukaiji (Fudaiji)
Daiwagaku (Jin Nyodo, 1941)

Murasaki Reibo (Kyoto Myoanji Temple)
Kumoi jishi (Itchoken)

Matsukaze (Nezasaha)
Kokuu (Fudaiji)
Nagashi Reibo (Nezasaha)
San’ya (Echigo Myoanji Temple)
Mujushin Kyoku (Jin Nyodo, 1937)
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Yamato Chōshi (Chikuho honkyoku)

Hokyō Kokū (Chikuho honkyoku
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Shika No Tōne (Myoan honkyoku)
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Echigo Sanya (Zensabo honkyoku)
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Heiwa no Sanga (Shin-Tozan-ryū)
Fuji (Shin-Tozan-ryū)
Asa Kaze (Shin-Tozan-ryū)
Seikeiha (Shin-Tozan-ryū)

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Honshirabe (KSK honkyoku)
Shika No Tōne (KSK honkyoku)
Tsuru no Sugomori (KSK honkyoku)
Ukigumo (KSK honkyoku)
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De Vagues et d’Elans (Contemporary)

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Nihon Minyô ni yoru (Seki Ichiro)
Nantou Tansai no Fu (Fukushima Yûjirō)
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Natsu no Yama-uta (Min’yō)
Shin Sôma Bushi (Min’yō)
Mamorugawa Ondô (Min’yō)
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Triantafyllia variations (Greek Theme)
Cherubiko Hymn (Byzantine Hymn) (Greek Theme)
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Shakuhachi & Electronics
Technique Tips
Improvisation

Improvisation & Image

Movie Themes

Anime/Naruto

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Jiari shakuhachi making (Kinko utaguchi)

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Individual lesson slots available
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Relaxation Room
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Irish Music on shakuhachi (Talk/Lecture/Demonstration)

Ueda-ryū (Talk/Lecture/Demonstration)

more Talk/Lecture tba
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Trade Room (ESS Shop)
Watazumido Exhibition
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ro-buki